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Facing corruption charges, Dr Nutan gets `Glory of India Gold' medal 4/30/2019 5:55:33 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 29: The conferring of "Glory of India Gold medal" on Dr Nutan K Resutra by a publishing house has completely undermined the veracity of the award with the revelation that a case of corruption is pending against the recipient in State Vigilance Organization (SVO). A little known publishing house on internet, the Best Citizens Publishing House has reportedly conferred the award to Dr Nutan K Resutra, former Chairman Jammu and Kashmir state Board of School Education (JKBOSE) for his "so called" contributions in the field of Education. But as per the track record of the recipient, vide FIR No. 11/2017 under section 5 (1) (d) r/w 5 (2) J&K P.C Act 2006, a case was registered in year 2017 at Police Station Vigilance Organization Jammu (VOJ) against Dr. Nutan Kumar Resutra then Principal Govt Degree College Udhampur on the basis of a verification conducted into the allegations that during his posting as Principal in the said college in the year 2010-12. As per vigilance FIR, Dr. Resutra had spent more than Rs.10 lacs on renovation of his quarter in U...   READ MORE

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Articles 370, 35A protect identities of Dogras, Ladakhis ‘Ladakh people don't sell their land even to state subject holders’ 4/30/2019 5:55:21 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 29: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have raised the pitch to revoke the Articles 370 and 35A. The Article 370 gives autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir, while Article 35A allows the state's legislature to define permanent residents of the state. During the past few days the top BJP leaders have been claiming that if party is voted to power it would review both these Articles and scrap them. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "The BJP leaders are behaving like dictators and are trying to establish their writ by giving such statements. It seems that they are unaware of the fact that majority of the people in Jammu and Ladakh want both the...   READ MORE   Former PDP leader 'escorts' brother for NIA questioning 4/30/2019 5:55:01 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 29: A former leader of the Peoples Democratic Party accompanied his brother to New Delhi for questioning at National Investigation Agency headquarters in the national capital. Sources said the brother of the former PDP leader was summoned by the NIA in connection with terror funding case. Sources said the person who was summoned was worried about the questioning and that as a "morale booster" his elder brother, who was sacked from the PDP, accompanied him to New Delhi. Sources said the politician was seen outside the NIA headquarters on the day of when questioning of his younger brother was underway and that he left the venue only when the questioni...   READ MORE   Lakhs go down the drain as JKMSC fails to perform 4/30/2019 5:54:41 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 29: The Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Coporation Limited has failed to perform despite availability of huge funds which it spends mostly on salary and vehicles. The JKMSCL came into existence for stopping backdoor purchasing of drugs at exorbitant rates but it seems due to lack of knowledge, incompetence and vested interests, the objective has not been achieved. It has been learnt that the poor patients of district and Sub district as well as Medical Colleges are being forced to buy essential, commonly used injections as hospitals do not have enough stock of supplies to cater to the demands. "At present, the government hospitals are facing acute ...   READ MORE   Police falls in BJP trap, surrender after 15-hr drama EX-BJP MLA, SDS leaders leave Kishtwar PS after midnight drama 4/30/2019 5:54:23 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 29: Senior police officials in Kishtwar district had to eat a humble pie inside the Kishtwar police station by surrendering before the BJP's former minister and ex-MLA Kishtwar Sunil Kumar Sharma and release all the youths arrested last week for ransacking government property. As per the details available with "Early Times", Sharma along with eight others including Sanatan Dharam Sabha leaders and courted arrest against the arrest of minority community youths by the police. Sharma had slammed the police for their failure to arrest the culprits involved in killing of RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma, his PSO Rajinder Kumar and the Parihar brot...   READ MORE   Stray canines terrify Gandhi Nagar's residents Dogs, dogs everywhere, admin nowhere 4/30/2019 5:53:53 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 29: Residents of posh Gandhi Nagar area of Jammu are facing a new terror: stray dogs. An army of canines can be seen marching round-the-clock through the streets of Gole Market, Green Belt, New Basti and Shastri Nagar localities of Gandhi Nagar. Local residents informed Early Times that the canines even enter into their homes if the doors aren't closed. "These stray dogs have virtually unleashed a reign of terror in the localities. At the receiving end are most...   READ MORE   ICPS's Mission Dir flouts Juvenile Justice Act with impunity 4/30/2019 5:52:45 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Apr 29: Despite tall claims by the government that Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) would be implemented in a mission mode in the state for the protection of vulnerable children, the Mission Director ICPS has been flouting the Juvenile Justice Act with impunity. Sources told Early Times that besides attaching the members of district level Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), Juvenile Justices Boards (JJBs) and other staff of district child protection units (DCPUs), the Director has been flouting the laid down norms brazenly. "Nearly a dozen members of CWCs, JJBs and DCPUs from various districts have been attached with the Director's office in Sri...   READ MORE   Ram Madhav violates MCC by addressing rally in already polled area, ECI yet to respond 4/30/2019 5:52:11 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Apr 29: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been viewing the violations on account of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) enforced in connection with Lok Sabha polls seriously, but the poll body has failed to notice a glaring violation that came up lately in the Kashmir valley. Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) National General Secretary, Ram Madhav addressed an election rally at Khanabal-Anantnag on Saturday (April 27) despite the fact that election in ...   READ MORE   Kulgam records 10.32% voter turnout in 4th Phase for Anantnag PC: Shailendra 4/30/2019 5:50:55 AM SRINAGAR, APRIL 29: Incident-free voting marked the second leg of three-phase polling for south Kashmir’s Anantnag Parliamentary constituency of Kulgam district with a total voter turnout of 10.32 per cent, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shailendra Kumar informed on Monday. Addressing a press conference at Banquet Hall in Srinagar, the CEO informed that the overall percentage recorded in the district during today’s polling was 10.3 per cent with the highest in Noorabad segment, recordi...   READ MORE   Roads in Sumabl-Hajin in shambles, R&B department delaying the repairing work Political differences has made populace to suffer 4/30/2019 5:26:42 AM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BANDIPORA, Apr 29: Scores of residential areas of Sumbal and Hajin areas are up in arms against the R&B Department as they have failed to repair some important roads due to which the school going children and working employees are suffering a lot. The department of R&B has failed to construct and repair the roads that were approved last year by the government, every year state government sanctions Crores of rupees for the repair of roads and buildings but on ground nothing concrete has been done till date, said Mushtaq Ahmad of Hajin Markandul. He said that the department concerned is responsible for repair of roads and construction bridges. N...   READ MORE   Specially abled girl from Udhampur take lead to save birds from scorching heat 4/30/2019 5:23:54 AM Arun Jasrotia EARLY TIMES REPORT UDHAMPUR, April 29: In a bid to save birds from the scorching heat a Specially abled girl Smile Sharma student of BMS second year, age 19 years from Govind Nagar Udhampur has taken lead by arranging water in waste plastic materials and mud pots in her house so that a message of humanity could be spread among the society. She said that the summer has been here for a while now and as Udhampur heats up, literally, we are all looking for ways to cool ourse...   READ MORE   SMC comes out of hibernation, optics at play 4/29/2019 11:59:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 29: Merely three days after Early Times carried a detailed news report about how Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been plunged into darkness, the corporation all of a sudden has woken up from slumber taking action against anything which comes in its way. There were gross allegations against the corporation for allowing illegal constructions to boom sans any check. However, those at the helm in the corporation seem to have sensed trouble and all of a sudden have come out of the hibernation. As per the government reports, Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Dheeraj Gupta earlier appointed Farooq Ahmad Rather Director Housing and Urban...   READ MORE   Provide accommodation or face stir: Migrant employees to Govt 4/29/2019 11:59:14 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 29: State Government's failure to provide accommodation to displaced youth appointed under Prime Minister's special employment package in Kashmir has left these employees fuming. The migrant employees are up in arms against the Government for over the past one decade since the announcement of 6000 jobs for them as the authorities have failed to construct adequate camp accommodations for them. Sources said scores of quarters constructed in Vessu village of Kulgam district for migrants have been occupied by security forces and Government has failed to restore them to migrants over the years despite their repeated pleas. Moreover no headway has been made...   READ MORE   Is J&K RTI Act 2009 not applicable in Pulwama? Official website has details of Central RTI law only 4/29/2019 10:57:22 PM Early Times Report Pulwama, Apr 29: Though government spends huge funds on e-governance in J&K, the official apathy is quite visible as officials appointed to manage the official district websites are leaving no stone unturned to tarnish the image of the district where they are posted. All the copy-pasted and misleading information continues to be the hallmark of many government websites especially the district websites. Take a look at the official website of district Pulwama www.pulwama.gov.in. Instead of providing details about Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009 (J&K RTI Act 2009) it carries a copy-pasted information of RTI Act of 2005 in its RTI section. It is worthwhile t...   READ MORE   2 teachers beat, injure Class 7th student 4/29/2019 10:57:10 PM Abid Hussain Wani Early Times Report Doda, Apr 29: A Class 7 student was severely beaten by two teachers in a government school of Doda, leaving him injured. Abdul Hamid, son of Alaf Din, a student at Government High School, Bagla Bharath, was thrashed inside the classroom, reports said. It was not know why the student was beaten up, despite laws in place against corporal punishment in educational institutions. Meanwhile, All India Student Federation (AISF) has demanded strict action the e...   READ MORE   Gharat dying a slow but sure death `Being replaced by mills run by electricity' 4/29/2019 10:57:01 PM Arun Jasrotia Early Times Report Udhampur, Apr 29 : The centuries old water mills commonly known as Gharat are fast losing their sheen. Udhampur villages narrate the story of their slow but sure doom. Gharats are water-powered grinding mills found in the whole of Sub- Himalayas and upper Shivaliks. The gharat is generally set up along the bank of a perennial stream close to the village. The water of the stream is diverted through a channel up to the site of the mill-house, which is gene...   READ MORE   No treatment for poor at DH Kishtwar 4/29/2019 10:56:18 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 29: An elderly poor man hailing from Kurna Keshwan area of Kishtwar District, some 35 kms from Kishtwar alleges that he was denied treatment and medicines at District Hospital Kishtwar and was forced to approach the doctor at his private clinic for treatment. As per details available with "Early Times" the family member of 60- year- old Lal Din admitted him in District Hospital Kishtwar about a week ago after fall ill. Mohammad Yousaf who accompanied his father Lal Din said that after falling ill, he shifted him District Hospital Kishtwar as no doctor is available for them in the entire Keshwan belt having the population of nearly 30000. H...   READ MORE

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